Festivids is live, friends. You can find the master list here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/festivids2019/works

There are a huge number of vids this year, and a lot of good ones not recced below (I've just recced my absolute faves). This year, my impression was that there weren't as many upbeat vids. I'm a bit surprised, as we're in grim ( Read more... )

This year, I found Festivids to be surprisingly happymaking. I mean, it always is, because these are small fandoms dear to people's hearts. But last year, there was definitely an angsty vibe to a lot of vids, and this year, it's just so happy! Anyway, on with the recs.

For me!!!

Falling in Love (Persuasion) by dkwilliams
I love Persuasion. It's one of ( Read more... )

You can find this year's Festivids masterlist post: here. The whole thing is worth a look.
I scored two vids this year, and I'm super lucky because they are also my favourite vids this year. :)

Armour of God, “Dance!” (PG-13)
This is such a great vid. Excellent song choice, fantastic use of movement, and funny! Everything I wanted of a Jackie Chan ( Read more... )

Here's a vid by sinycatarina, comparing Derek's scenes with Jennifer to those with Stiles. I'd picked up on some of these, but not all of them.

( Spoilers for S3 below... )

Masterlist

Recs

First lot of recs

Die Die Die (Die Hard series) Warning: violence
It took me a second viewing to get the joke in this one (what can I say, I'm slow in the mornings). But it is actually a really funny commentary on the ridiculous hyper-action of the Die Hard films, and just how impossible McClane is to kill.

Live or Die (Die Hard ( Read more... )

The festivids songvid exchange is live!

I haven't had a chance to do more than a quick poke, as I need to get off to work, but it was enough to find some wonderful vids. Here are the links:

Masterlist

The recs

Lullabye for a Stormy Night (The Sound of Music ( Read more... )

I'm feeling very pleased with myself tonight. I've just finished coding the last of my Songvid Oddities rec set for Crack Van! Thank goodness ( Read more... )

When I first started vidding, I looked around for guides and found several really great ones. However, they were aimed at people who were, shall we say, less technologically challenged than I was ( Read more... )

You guys! I just found the best constructed reality vid! It's by a vidder I've never heard of before, leggedxl. Go check it out: Sway. It's totally worth it.

Not only does leggedxl manage to successfully vid to Dean Martin, but we get to see the secret inner life of Jack Harkness! It's more glorious than you can possibly imagine. Just as I always suspected, he's ( Read more... )

"How on earth do you watch a songvid? They make no sense to me!"

This is a question that has been put to me more than once, and has led to many long and interesting discussions about vidding. Most recently, watersword and ainsley both said something similar in the comments of my Songvid Surprise Game, so I thought I'd take a stab at putting together a ( Read more... )